Legal Opinion
Jones v. Garner
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided January 9, 1968No. 18747PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, Justice.
This action for libel arose out of an alleged defamatory publication concerning plaintiff in The Sun-News, a weekly newspaper published at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Sun-News carried in its issue of July 29, 1965 a front page news article in which the fact was reported that the Internal Revenue Service had filed income tax liens against plaintiff, other named members of his family, and four corporations in which they were stockholders. The preceding headline, however, stated that “tax evasion charges” had been filed against those named and the first paragraph of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rogers Ex Rel. Rogers v. Florence Printing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1958
- Duncan v. the Record Publishing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
- Williamson v. Askin & Marine Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
- Cullum v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
- Nettles v. MacMillan Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Erickson v. Jones Street Publishers, LLCSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- Holtzscheiter v. Thomson Newspapers, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
- Goodwin v. MettsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Murray, v. Holnam, Inc. and Thomas Thornton, of Whom Holnam, Inc. IsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
- Hainer v. American Medical International, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
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